CVE-2021-41116 (Critical) detected in composer/composer-1.10.22 - autoclosed

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CVE-2021-41116 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - composer/composer-1.10.22

Composer helps you declare, manage and install dependencies of PHP projects. It ensures you have the right stack everywhere.

Library home page: https://api.github.com/repos/composer/composer/zipball/28c9dfbe2351635961f670773e8d7b17bc5eda25

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ composer/composer-1.10.22 (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: ba8cd9078c8ce0cb202767d627706711237abf71

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Composer is an open source dependency manager for the PHP language. In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.

Publish Date: 2021-10-05

URL: CVE-2021-41116

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf

Release Date: 2021-10-05

Fix Resolution: 1.10.23, 2.1.9

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.